Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8418NW LONDON ROAD
844-1/10/186 (North side)
Entrance Gates to Hillfield Gardens

GV II

Entrance gates to public gardens, formerly the gates to the
grounds of Hillfield House, Denmark Road (qv). c1867. By
Albert Estcourt for Charles Walker. Ashlar piers and
balustrade, wrought-iron gates. Carriage gateway and
pedestrian gateway to right set back between short quadrant
balustrades.
EXTERIOR: massive ashlar gate piers and similar piers at the
outer corners of the flanking quadrant balustrades set on a
vermiculated base; piers have moulded plinths, a recessed
panel in each face, moulded cornices and capstones with
semicircular lunettes on each face; balustrades with turned
balusters and moulded copings linking with the cornices of the
piers. Wrought-iron gates have a lower zone with an elaborate
pattern in circles and an upper zone with finials on the
intermediate rail and below the top rail between the
standards. A short length of solid balustrade links the outer
right hand pier with the Gate Lodge No.101 (qv).

Listing NGR: SO8427618969

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538243

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)